She leaned forward, pointing to the empty sheath at his girdle.

He reached for his knife and found an empty sheath.

In twenty-four hours, it is nothing but an empty sheath, a crumpled bit of skin.

He had neither sword nor shield, but hanging by his side was an empty sheath.

This fitted exactly in his empty sheath, and all vowed that it was evidently meant for him.

She snatched up the empty sheath, and wrapping it in a fold of her garment, left the chamber.

They are like an empty sheath.

The empty sheath lay on the seat-a symbol of the sharp-edgedhate that had passed out of her life.

When Thisbe saw her own cloak and the empty sheath, she guessed that, thinking her dead, he had sought death himself.

At his side hung an empty sheath, that must once have held a short knife, and the handle of another knife glittered above his waistband.

I knew it, for I remembered the empty sheath that hung at Rhodojani's waist, and heard again Railton's words, "Captain, it was your knife."

Blend took one look at the man, gaped, then went for her empty sheaths once more.